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M. C. AND C. H. VAN ALSTYNE.

' OILER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. l0, 19l9.

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MATTHEW C. VAN ALSTYNE AND CHARLES H. VAN ALSTYNE, 0F SOIl'TI-I HAVEN,

MICHIGAN.

OILER.

Specification of Letters Patent. 7 Patented NOV. 25, 1919.

Application filed March 10, 1919. Serial No. 281,853.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, MATTHEW O. VAN ALs'rYNn and CHARLES H. VAN ALSTYNE,citizens of the United States, residing at- South Haven, in the countyof Van Buren and State of Michigan, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Oilers, of I which the followlng 1s a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in oilers for use upon vehiclesprings, and its objects are: first, to provide an oiler that may bereadily removed and replaced; second, to provide a means whereby thevertical sides of the oiler may be readily re,

moved and replaced.

We attain these objects by the mechanism 1 and construction of partsshown in the accompanying drawlng, 1n whlch Figure 1 1s a plan of theoiler complete. Fig. 2 is a lonsimilar parts are provided with a slot,3, through each, 1

for the passage of the lips 4 at the upper ends of the end pieces 6. Weprefer that the upper ends of these pieces be ofliset, as at 5, for theformation of the lips 4:, so said lips may be readily passed into andthrough, and taken out of the slots 3 by carrying the lower ends intopractically the position indicated by the dotted lines.

The end pieces 6 must be made with simple of attachment and removal.

loops 10 are designed to' receive and retain. the springs 11, forsecuring the oiler in place, and pressing the wicking securely againstthe edges of theisprings, when in use.

the. edges formed at right angles with the bodies, V as indicated at 7,so as to cover the edges of the felt 9 and avert the danger of dust,&c.,

coming into contact with, and being absorbed by the wicking andvitiating the oil.

This construction is designed as an improvement upon our Patent Number1,244,923, issued October 30, 1917, and renders the application of saidoiler much more The The oil container 1 of this oiler is made hollow andhas a wick, or felt packing in each end, so arranged that there will bea considerable open space between the upper ends of the wicks, and thesides of the wicks will extend downwardly, as at 9, far enough to insurethe oil with which it is saturated, to act upon the edges of each andall of the layers of the springs. The opening 8 is for the entrance ofoil; into the oil container.

What we claim as new inthe art, is:

1. In an oiler for vehicle springs, a hollow oil container, the ends ofthe top of'said container bent downwardly and provided with slots, endplateschanneled and having a lip 1 formed thereon in position to be madeto pass through the slots in the tops of the oil container.

2. In an oiler for vehicle springs, a hollow oil container, the ends ofthe top of the container bent downwardly at right angles and having aslot through each end, channel shaped ends having offsets forming lipsarranged to be passed through the slots, and

loops formed uponthe lower ends'jof the end pieces.

Signed at South Haven Michigan, February 26th 1919. i

MATTHEW C. VAN ALSTYNE." CHARLES H. VAN ALSTYNE

